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| − | '''Jiang Zemin''' | + | '''Jiang Zemin''' was the top Chinese leader from about 1992 until 2002. [[Deng Xiaoping]] appointed him chairman of the China's Military Commission in 1989, after the [[Tiananmen Square Massacre]]. Although this is normally the top position in the Chinese government, Deng at first retained authority through a group of senior leaders called the Central Advisory Commission. Jiang dissolved this group in 1992. Deng died in 1997. Jiang refused to improve China’s record on [[human rights]], and [[Christianity]] and [[democracy]] still remain suppressed there. |
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Revision as of 12:20, August 9, 2014
Jiang Zemin was the top Chinese leader from about 1992 until 2002. Deng Xiaoping appointed him chairman of the China's Military Commission in 1989, after the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Although this is normally the top position in the Chinese government, Deng at first retained authority through a group of senior leaders called the Central Advisory Commission. Jiang dissolved this group in 1992. Deng died in 1997. Jiang refused to improve China’s record on human rights, and Christianity and democracy still remain suppressed there.